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Adding nix-search-tv aka nix-find as a widget - thought it was worth sharing #20
The main change is: instead of just printing the selected line from fzf, it drops me into a temporary environment by calling nix-shell -p with the selected package(s). This is ideal for “I just need this package right now”. It still works fine for browsing other indices via nix-search-tv.
I started from the basic alias:
and evolved it into a small helper that removed ~95% of my need to visit https://search.nixos.org/.
The main change is: instead of just printing the selected line from
fzf, it drops me into a temporary environment by callingnix-shell -pwith the selected package(s). This is ideal for “I just need this package right now”. It still works fine for browsing other indices vianix-search-tv.Nix wrapper
I also bound
nix-findtoCtrl+Wfor near-instant “temporary package” retrieval.Script (
nix-find)Key bindings:
TABmark multiple packagesENTERspawnnix-shell -p ...Alt-Ccopy selected package attribute to clipboard (wl-copy/xclip)Alt-Ltoggle previewScreencast_20260127_153435.webm
Sharing in case it’s useful as an example/workflow pattern for
nix-search-tvusers.